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package org.tinygroup.weblayer.webcontext.session;

/**
 * 将session model转换为store中可存储的对象，或者将store中取得的对象转换回session model。
 *
 * @author renhui
 */
public interface SessionModelEncoder {
    /** 将session model转换成store中可存储的对象。 */
    Object encode(SessionModel model);

    /**
     * 将store中取得的数据转换成session model。
     * <p>
     * 如果返回<code>null</code>，则数据格式不支持。框架将会尝试用其余的<code>SessionModelEncoder</code>
     * 来解码。
     * </p>
     */
    SessionModel decode(Object data, SessionModel.Factory factory);
}
